Driver convicted of causing death by dangerous driving after checking text

A lorry driver who veered into oncoming traffic while checking a text on his phone and killed the driver of car into which he crashed has been found guilty by Peterborough crown court of causing death by dangerous driving. The accident took place in June 2014.

The driver, Mr Danny Warby, was driving a 3.6-tonne LGV along the A141 in Cambridgeshire when he clipped a lorry driving in the opposite direction, showering two other cars with debris before smashing...